Traveling bag



Aug. 23, 1932. |$H 1,873,773

TRAVELING BAG Filed Jan. 10, 1951 WITNESSES flf/ liz i r z'sh 9 M V60 d. wit ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 23, 1932 I y UNrr STATES} PATENT NATHAN LISH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GRALNICK BROS. ING., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA TRAVELING BAG Application filed January 10, 1931. Serial No. 507,954.

This invention relates to improvements in herein adopted, it is the purpose of the rest traveling bags and the like, and it consists generally denoted 1 in all of its forms, to supof the constructions, combinations and arport the front edge 2 of a partition 3 so that rangements herein described and claimed. the latter will not sag either under'the weight 5 An object of the invention is to provide a of its contents or during the act of securing 50 rest for a partition usually found in travelit to a ledge 4 that is customarily found exing bags of the Gladstone type, this rest being tending around the front and sides near the produced by modifying one or all of the lock-, top of one section of a Gladstone bag 5. ing devices of the bag to the extent of forming This bag has several locking devices 6, 7.

the casing of the locking device with an out The device 6 is a key operated lock. The de 55 standing flange with which the front edge of tails of this lock are immaterial, it being sufthe partition is engageable to prevent its ficient' to say that the element 8 (Figs. 1 and gagging, 2) comprises a spring-pressed projection A further object of the invention is to prowhich contains the barrel of a lock. Upon l5 vide the casing of a locking device with an the insertion and proper turning of a key the 69 outstanding flange for the purpose of formlocking mechanism can be released so that a ing a rest. subsequent inward pressure on the element 8 Other objects and advantages will appear will enable lifting the companion section 9 in the following specification, reference be- (Fig. 4;) away for the opening of the bag. I

ing had to the accompanying drawing in The lateral devices 7 comprise temporary which locks by means of which the section 9 may Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a alsobe held in the closed position. These traveling bag, particularly showing how the locking devices 7 are situated near the ends partition is supported by the rests that form of the. bag, and especially serve in holding 25 part of the casings of the locking devices. the section 9 down uniformly to prevent bulg- Figure 2 is a similar plan view omitting the ing when the bag is rather heavily loaded. partition. V, In every instance the casing 10 of the lock- Figure 3 is a cross section taken on the line ing device is provided with an outstanding 3-3 of Figure 1. flange that provides the rest already denoted Figure a Cross seamen of the e l g 1. The middle rest, additionally denoted 11 '55 bag e f e the general manner 1n Whleh because of its distinguishing shape, is exthe partition is pp t y one of e e tended along the ledge l sufficiently far to Elgure a tractlotlal pgrspectlve l support approximately one half the length of 35 agam showmg the relatlonshlp of the Farm the partition 3. Ordinarily the front suph i f t 1 i f ufi port of the partition 3 is confined to the places i gi z al p an V 8W 0 moc e where the two curved parts 12 meet the ledge 4:. These curved parts occur by virtue of A specific application of the invention is to a traveling bag of the Gladstone type, but Shapmg the Fa P at 13 to avoldthe customary locking devices. 35

this is not to be construed as a limitation be- 7 cause the principle of so forming the casing W the pp r of e Partltlon S0 of a locking device as to provide a rest for e t the fault s gg ng Of the part some movable part of a trav l v -5 me has become ob ectionable in bags of th1s nance may be embodied in any type of such type. By so making the casing 10 0f the appurtenance. Reverting to the example locking device as to provide an integral out- 5*- standing flange, the front edge 2 of the partition will be afiorded an ample rest that Will prevent any tendency toward sagging.

There is some room for variation both in the shape of the rest flanges l and in the places where they shall be located. For instance, the rest flanges may be made smaller as denoted at 1% in Figure 6. Here, as in all other instances, the rest flange is put to use in receiving securing means 15 by Which attachment is made to the ledge 4. Should it be desired to omit the rather extensive middle rest flange 11 (Fig. 2) and possibly also the restricted rest flange 14 (Fig. 6), the support of the partition 3 may be confined to the rest flanges 1 of the remaining locking devices 7 Gladstone bags are usually provided with a snap fastener arrangement at the front to secure the partition 3 when let down (Fig. 1). Such fasteners are now omitted, and the middle rest flange 11 is employed as a mount for turn buttons 16 such as customarily used in securing automobile side curtains. The partition 3 is provided with openings 17 (Fig. 5) near the front edge into which the turn buttons 16 are projectible and then turned.

The operation is readily understood. The partition 3 comprises a hinged flap that can be swung over so as to close the section 5 of the bag (Fig.4) and keep the contents separate from other portions of the bag. .Vhen this partition is swung over the turn buttons 16 (Fig. 5) will fit the openings 17 near the front edge 2 of the partition. The buttons 16 are then turned so as to secure the partition.

These turn buttons are carried by the middle extended rest flange 11 that comprises part of the casing 10 of the locking device 6. The front edge 2 is also supported by minor rest flanges of the casings 10 of the locking devices 7. The arrangement prevents the sagging of the partition 3.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved traveling bag is that of a generally preferred form, obviously modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A Gladstone or like traveling bag including an open body portion and a ledge inside of said body portion, said body portion having middle and lateral locking devices on its front Wall, a partition permanently hinged to the rear wall of the body portion, said partition being out out centrally and laterally along its front side to avoid said locking devices, middle and lateral res'ts supplementing the ledge, being attached to the ledge and extending inwardly of the body portion atthe location of said cutaway portions to sustain the partition at said cutaway portions, the middle rest being approximately half the length of the partition, said partition NATHAN LISI-I. 

